In reply to <a href="https://sluggerotoole.com/2024/01/31/our-tired-and-failing-democracy-needs-a-new-set-of-eyes-slugger-otoole/comment-page-1/#comment-2333949">Smellybeard</a>. <p><em>“In Scotland, which also introduced bilingual road signage, research commissioned by Transport Scotland in 2012 found that bilingual signs increased driver tasks but did not significantly increase accident risk, and importantly resulted in no increase in deaths or serious injuries.”</em></p><br /><x-embed data-url="https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/06/17/what-happened-when-ireland-got-bilingual-road-signs/#:~:text=In%20Scotland%2C%20which%20also%20introduced,in%20deaths%20or%20serious%20injuries."><a class="bookmark" target="_blank" href="https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/06/17/what-happened-when-ireland-got-bilingual-road-signs/#:~:text=In%20Scotland%2C%20which%20also%20introduced,in%20deaths%20or%20serious%20injuries." rel="ugc noopener nofollow"> <div class="bookmark-details"> <div class="bookmark-title">What happened when Ireland got bilingual road signs?</div> <div class="bookmark-description">Bilingual road signs are commonplace in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Belgium, but a proposal to introduce them here is dividing politicians. Finlay Dunseath takes a look at how things have gone in Ireland, and what this could mean for Aotearoa.</div> <div class="bookmark-site">Te Ao Māori News</div> </div> <div class="bookmark-thumbnail"> <img src="https://whakaatamaori-teaomaori-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/TvoTx6XkdQfyRD34vkH2QU8M4tg=/1200x630/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/whakaatamaori/72EVCFKOFGBH6DHADK45Y47UCA.jpg" alt="What happened when Ireland got bilingual road signs?"/> </div> </a></x-embed>